Research articles: Recent submissions
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Negative Outcomes of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders among HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents in Uganda: CHAKA Study 2014-2017
(Psychiatry Journal, 2022-05-05)Background: Children and adolescents infected with HIV/AIDS (CA-HIV) experience a considerable burden of depressive and anxiety disorders that have a tendency to persist into adulthood. The aim of this study was to determine ... -
Prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors among adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in South Western Uganda
(AIDS Care, 2019)Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) are prone to depression, which can have detrimental effects including disease progression, poor treatment adherence and mortality. We aimed to determine the prevalence of depressive ... -
Prevalence and Forms of Sexual Violence Among Women Seeking HIV Services At Selected Health Facilities in Buhweju District, Southwestern Uganda
(Research square, 2021)Background: Sexual violence is a global health concern affecting more than a third of women especially those in low and middle income countries. HIV is one of the consequences of sexual violence but it can also be a risk ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with suicide among medical professionals in low/middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol
(BMJ open, 2019)Introduction: A number of studies in low/middle-income countries (LMICs) have reported varying prevalence of suicide among medical professionals with low rates. This may be because of the methods used in suicide assessment ... -
Perceptions of Undergraduates and Mentors on the Appropriateness, Acceptability, and Feasibility of the HEPI-TUITAH Micro-Research Approach to HIV Training in Uganda
(Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2022-04-15)Purpose: To evaluate the perceptions of undergraduates and mentors on the appropriateness, acceptability, and feasibility of a mentored seed-grant (micro-research) by Health Professions Education Partnership Initiative - ... -
Perceived stigma and school attendance among children and adolescents with epilepsy in South Western Uganda
(African Health Sciences, 2020)Background: Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that has a high worldwide prevalence with eighty percent of the global burden being in low and middle-income countries. There is a high level of perceived stigma among children ... -
Participation in gardening activity and its association with improved mental health among family caregivers of people with dementia in rural Uganda
(Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021)Evidence from high-income settings suggests that gardening is associated with reductions in depression, anxiety, and stress. The benefits of gardening are less well understood by mental health practitioners and researchers ... -
Parents’ and caretakers’ perceptions and concerns about accessibility of antenatal services by pregnant teenagers in Mbarara Municipality, Uganda
(Midwifery, 2019)Background: Uganda has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Sub-Saharan Africa and the world. About a quarter of teenagers become pregnant annually. This is much higher than the global rate of 11%. When a teenager ... -
Improving collaboration between primary care and mental health services
(The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2018)In almost any country – whether high, middle or low income - primary care providers play major roles in delivering mental health care. Indeed, the World Health Organization has recognized that in many low and middle-income ... -
Global mental health: The role of collaboration during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Global Mental Health, 2021)There is a strong ethical imperative for international collaborations. Historically, global emergencies have frequently resulted in cultural outsiders, including medical and mental health professionals, responding to ... -
Fruit and vegetable intake and mental health among family caregivers of people with dementia in Uganda
(Mental Health & Prevention, 2021)Consumption of fruits and vegetables is correlated with improved mental wellbeing. Although this growing body of research has been recognized by researchers and clinicians in high-income countries, fewer studies examining ... -
Exploration of the understanding and etiology of ADHD in HIV/AIDS as observed by adolescents with HIV/AIDS, caregivers and health workers- using case vignettes
(African Health Sciences, 2018-09)Background: Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent behavioural disorder among children and adolescents with HIV infection (CA-HIV). Objective: To explore the explanations used by ... -
Electroencephalogram utilization and psychiatric comorbidities among children and adolescents with epilepsy in rural Southwestern Uganda
(The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 2022)Objective: This study aimed at describing routine electroencephalogram (EEG) findings among children and adolescents with a clinical diagnosis of epilepsy and determines how interictal EEG abnormalities vary with the ... -
Effect of suicidality on clinical and behavioural outcomes in HIV positive adults in Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2021-08-20)Introduction: Suicidality is a risk of a person committing suicide often characterized by suicidal ideation, intent or attempts. Despite the high burden of suicidality among individuals living with HIV and HAIDS, there is ... -
Depression and Suicidality: Silent Killers Among Health Workers
(Research gate, 2016-01)Health workers learn how to prevent and treat illnesses including their own. However, mental illness is not easy for the health workers to prevent. Although depressive illness is a treatable illness in many facilities it ... -
Cross-cultural adaptation of the Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory-5 (CASI-5) for use in central and south-western Uganda: the CHAKA project
(Tropical Doctor, 2017)Our study was to examine the applicability of translating and culturally adapting the Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory-5 (CASI-5) for use in Uganda. This process followed guidelines recommended by the International ... -
Crime, recidivism and mental disorders among prisoners in Mbarara municipality, southwestern Uganda
(International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 2019)Introduction: Mental disorders among prisoners have been linked to the type of crime and recidivism. Identification of the mental disorders associated with the different types of crimes and recidivism is essential in the ... -
Clinical correlates of suicidality among individuals with HIV infection and AIDS disease in Mbarara, Uganda
(African Journal of AIDS Research, 2016-09-28)The association between suicidality and HIV/AIDS has been demonstrated for three decades, but little is known about risk factors that can help understand this association and help identify who is most at risk. Few research ... -
A systematic review protocol of stigma among children and adolescents with epilepsy
(Systematic Reviews, 2019)Background: Epilepsy is a neurological condition that is highly prevalent among children and adolescents with 80% of the victims living in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Epilepsy is associated with high levels ... -
A Collaborative Approach to the Development of Multi-Disciplinary Teams and Services for Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Uganda
(Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022-12-03)Background: Children and adolescents are especially vulnerable to mental, neurological and substance use disorders during various stages of their growth and development. They often require specialized personnel whose ...
